max Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Dan Ronney said that the playing surface will remain grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 at least that is an upgrade from the mud last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 at least that is an upgrade from anything the Cowboys play on. Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesownninjas Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 at least that is an upgrade from the mud last year. Just limit the use of the field by other teams/leagues/schools. They had a day of state championships a day before a game, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Just limit the use of the field by other teams/leagues/schools. They had a day of state championships a day before a game, right? Yeah, that might help, but it doesn't really matter after the end of October when the grass stops growing. No natural surface field will be great even if you plan to re-sod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Just limit the use of the field by other teams/leagues/schools. They had a day of state championships a day before a game, right? During the weekend of the mud game, they had 4 HS championship games on friday, Pitt played there Sat (if I remember correctly) then the Steelers on prime time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 at least that is an upgrade from anything the Cowboys win on. Fixed again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 We also had very unusual rain that weekend. I am not in favor of pulling the high school games as that is the highlight for many kids high school career. I played in one of those games back in the 80’s in Three Rivers Stadium and my boy has played in two championship games in PNC Park. I would never take that away from the kids even if it meant another mud bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 QUOTE(Skippy @ 2/8/08 10:12pm) at least that is an upgrade from anything the Cowboys win on. Fixed again We agree the Cowboys do need a lot of fixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 We also had very unusual rain that weekend. I am not in favor of pulling the high school games as that is the highlight for many kids high school career. I played in one of those games back in the 80’s in Three Rivers Stadium and my boy has played in two championship games in PNC Park. I would never take that away from the kids even if it meant another mud bowl. Agreed - they just need to find a better solution than putting a layer of sod on top of a layer of sod in the midst of a deluge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Agreed - they just need to find a better solution than putting a layer of sod on top of a layer of sod in the midst of a deluge. Can they update the drainage system or was this a once in 20 years situation? The Steelers sure played in crappy weather this year. It didn't seem to matter where it was (outside of a dome) either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 It's football fer Chrissakes, not tennis. Deal with it. FWIW, many of us thoroughly enjoyed the Miami - Pittsburgh game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Can they update the drainage system or was this a once in 20 years situation? The Steelers sure played in crappy weather this year. It didn't seem to matter where it was (outside of a dome) either. Honestly, the two games that were really mud soaked both seemed to be freakish as far as the weather goes. I am not saying that we don't get good soakers but that was not normal. The second time around that field just never was able to recover. I'm not certain that the drainage needs updated. I mean it sure did seem like it did during the sod over sod game but I have been there for plenty of Pitt games that were in the rain or after a good rain and it was nothing like the mud bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjpro11 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 im glad to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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